Country size comparison

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Chicago is about 2,983 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.03% the size of Libya.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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